Rotatable structural bracket
AssigneeCityPost LLC
InventorsNathan A. Williams, Michael M. Mosback
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Abstract
A rotatable structural bracket includes a top plate for placement in a horizontal rest position on an end of a structural section that has an internal void. The rotatable structural bracket also includes a rotatable extension for placement into the internal void of the structural section. The rotatable extension can be configured as a wedge that is rotatable out from the internal void to angle the top plate at any acute angle relative to the horizontal rest position of the top plate. The top plate and the rotatable extension are of single-piece construction, and the rotatable extension rotates relative to the structural section and internal of the structural section. The rotatable extension also encompasses an opening of the internal void at any acute angle.
Claims20
A rotatable structural bracket assembly, comprising:
- a vertical anchor post with an internal void that opens at a top end of the vertical anchor post of a railing assembly;
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- a rotatable structural bracket comprising a top plate and a rotatable extension, the top plate covering the internal void in a horizontal rest position on the top end of the vertical anchor post, and the rotatable extension configured parallel in the internal void at the top end of the vertical anchor post, the rotatable extension configured as a wedge that is rotatable out from the internal void of the vertical anchor post to angle the top plate of the rotatable structural bracket at any acute angle relative to the horizontal rest position of the top plate.
A method for a rotatable structural bracket assembly, the method comprising:
- resting a top plate of a rotatable structural bracket in a horizontal rest position, the top plate covering an internal void that opens at a top end of a vertical anchor post of a railing assembly;
- extending a rotatable extension of the rotatable structural bracket parallel in the internal void at the top end of the vertical anchor post, the rotatable extension configured as a wedge that is rotatable out from the internal void of the vertical anchor post;
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- rotating the rotatable structural bracket to angle the top plate of the rotatable structural bracket at any acute angle relative to the horizontal rest position of the top plate.
A railing assembly, comprising:
- a vertical anchor post with an internal void that opens at a top end of the vertical anchor post;
- a rotatable structural bracket comprising a top plate formed with a rotatable extension configured parallel in the internal void at the top end of the vertical anchor post with the top plate perpendicular to the vertical anchor post covering the internal void, the rotatable extension being rotatable out from the internal void of the vertical anchor post to angle the top plate at any acute angle relative to a horizontal plane that is perpendicular to the vertical anchor post;
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- a top rail configured for attachment to the top plate at a slanted angle, the top rail positionable on the top plate at the slanted angle effective to automatically rotate the rotatable structural bracket and position the top plate at the any acute angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.